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Are these Really to be Considered classics?
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Avatar Image   Started by Dionysus Dionysus has 700 Grupie Points 7 months ago         Comments 1 Comment

Have you ever noticed that a lot of classics or critically acclaimed books etc. are dreadfully boring? If you have what are the worst offenders?

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The "Good Book"

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Mostly a mix of unutterably boring, confusing, self-contradictory and incomprehensible stuff with a few interesting stories thrown... [show more]

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Beowulf

A rare case of "movie better than book."

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Catcher in the Rye

Someone help me out with this one, because I'm sure someone on this site thinks this is the be-all-and-end-all. Years later, all ... [show more]

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Anything by Jane Austen

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This might be controversial but

The Aeneid by Virgil is one of, if not the most boring books ever written.

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Moby Dick

Considered by some to be the greatest American novel. It reads 90% like a boring whaling manual and maybe 10% plot. Yawn. Give ... [show more]

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The Grapes of Wrath

double yawn. but not all bad. 97 on my jr thesis with this nightmare that is called a book. PS: it doesn't deserve a photo.... [show more]

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Women Warrior

By Maxine Hong Kingston

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Anything by Victor Hugo

Oh- except maybe his drawings! This is one.

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Shakespear's Plays

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Anthony Trolloppe

He's one trollop of a writer. Awful pun I know but it had to be done.

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The Odyssey

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artemis 7 months ago

This topic expands what's meant by "Gods on Earth." OK.

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This topic was started by Dionysus Dionysus has 700 Grupie Points on April 11th, 2008. 22 grupies have voted on one or more of the 14 answers.

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